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The bizarre, glitch loving folks at Device have put together this rapidfire video, showing off all of Photoshop CS5's filters as applied to the Photoshop logo itself. In just 1:46, the entire gamut, from find edges, to emboss, colored pencil, to offset.

Accompanying the video is an audio track, which for each...

 

 

Earlier this year we reported on a patent from Apple for using the flash from multiple iOS devices to illuminate an image better than just the on-board one could. Well, it seems a third party developer has beaten Apple to the punch, releasing External Flash, an app that lets you take control of up to 16 other...

 

 

Hasselblad has just unveiled the new Stellar compact camera on the company's website. While Imaging Resource has not received any official announcement on the camera, which appears to be based on the Sony RX100 but with some distinctive exterior modifications, the Stellar has its own page on the Hasselblad site...

 

Earlier this year, fans of large sensors and fixed prime lenses received a double treat, as in quick succession, both Nikon and Ricoh debuted their first models in a fast-growing market niche. We've just posted our Ricoh GR review, hot on the heels of our recent Nikon Coolpix A review, and in it we aim to choose the victor...

 

 

Here's another movie I'm looking forward to checking out. Called "Everybody Street," it's a documentary about some of the most famous names in street photography including Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt, Jill Freedman, Bruce Gilden, Joel Meyerowitz, Mary Ellen Mark and many others.

The film, directed by Cheryl...

 

 

Note: This is Part 2 in a series on Wide-Angle Macro Photography. Part 1 explains how wide-angle macro differs from traditional macro, and examines the approach and necessary equipment. Meanwhile, Part 2 looks at some best practices for getting excellent images. We strongly recommend you read Part 1 first.

When...

 

 

Good morning IR readers! It's the start of a new week, and we're bringing you another big batch of camera deals. This morning we've found a couple great bargains on the Canon 6D -- one refurb, one new -- as well as savings on a Canon EOS M bundle and Canon 40mm pancake lens. There's also nice discounts on a...

 

 

Macro photos of insects can be amazing because they give you a close-up view of what these tiny creatures really look like. But what if you discovered your favorite bugs were partying it up with silly hats on their heads? And what if those hats were made of water?

Yes, it doesn't get much stranger -- or sillier...

 

 

Over the last few weeks, a seemingly incredible image of a photographer standing on a lava flow with his feet and tripod in flames has gone viral. It quickly spread around the Internet as evidence of a photographer's apparent extreme dedication to his craft, but also because many accused it of being a fraud or...

 

 

Your digital SLR can take absolutely incredible images but have you ever wanted it to be able to do more? Like limit the polarity of light coming in, without needing a filter? Or isolate down to specific light spectrums? Or how about having Lytro-like refocusing abilities? It turns out that not only is this...

 

 

Happy Friday! Ready for an awesome new batch of camera and lens deals? We've got both Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 6D deals as well as a Refurb Nikon D600 deal. We've also found a selection of lens deals for Sigma, Tamron and Nikon glass. Be sure to check back on IR every weekday for new deals, bargains and...

 

 

Here's a funny photo meme you can share -- and attempt to duplicate -- with your office co-workers. It's called Desk Safari and it originated with a Tumblr blog of the same name created by London-based advertising duo Mike & Ben.

For the Tumblr, office workers email photos to Desk Safari of their colleague's...

 

 

Commercial photographer RJ Muna has captured dancers, performers, and automobiles before but not quite in the same way as a recent project for Fiat. In the advertisement, Muna photographed twelve naked women covered in body paint, forming what appears to be a Fiat 500 Abarth Cabrio. It's a cool photographic effect...

 

Photograph by Michael G. Jackson, used with permission.

There's something magical about the photographs taken by old explorers, before all the corners of the globe were mapped. The characterisically beaten and worn images gave a glimpse of the astonishing, almost unreal areas these people discovered. One contemporary...

 

 

Starting last night, some 500px users may have noticed that their image pages have shown up looking slightly different. 500px has just tweaked the layout of photo pages, and now shows less clutter around photographs.

The changes started rolling out to 500px users yesterday so not everyone might be seeing it yet,...

 

 

Happy Thursday everyone! We've found a great set of new deals, rebates and bargains including a Canon DSLR and several lenses, as well as a variety of discounts on canvas and metal prints. Be sure to check back on IR for new deals every weekday.

• Refurbished Canon 7D body-only - $875 (compare to $1,300...

The Panasonic FZ70 superzoom digital camera has just been announced, and man does it ever have an attention-grabbing optic! We've been hands-on with the camera already, and while we'll reserve judgement until we've had the chance to run it through our labs -- and some extensive real-world shooting -- we're mighty impressed. The mighty...

Pop quiz: Which famous monument is about to celebrate its quasquicentennial anniversary (that's 125 years, if you're not a fan of pseudo-Latin), for its first four decades was the tallest manmade structure in the world, and remains its most-visited, paid monument to this day?

If you said the Eiffel Tower, you've hit the nail on the...

 

 

We've seen all sorts of things cut in half before over here at Imaging Resource: bullets, food, and earlier today, even golf balls. But for the first time, we've now spotted a smartphone lens hacked in half, giving us a look at the internals of the Nokia Lumia 1020 (full sized version below).

Photography trade...